A Thread for the Writers Guild of America Strike

[Cicada 5]

I thought I'd make a thread specifically for discussion on this.

https://www.themarysue.com/writers-...-affected-by-studios-refusing-to-pay-writers/

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/marvels-thunderbolts-production-pause-writers-strike-1235626024/

Filming on Amazon Studios’ ‘Blade Runner 2099’ in Northern Ireland delayed by US writers’ strike

Series had been prepping in Belfast for many months.

www.screendaily.com

 

[bluegate]

Plenty of media out there to keep me occupied, strike as long as you like until you've got what you wanted

 

[tstorm823]

Plenty of media out there to keep me occupied, strike as long as you like until you've got what you wanted

Or just until traditional media dies completely. Either way works fine.

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

Christ, and all they're asking for is like, one CEO's salary worth of residuals. Seems like a no-brainer to me

 

[Gergar12]

You may hate or dislike or not care about the writers for one of the following

Likely making more money than you
Producing stuff you don't like
Being on the coasts instead of the heartland
Not being you

But eventually, if they lose, big business will come for all of us to replace us with AI. So you better hope they win.

 

[BrawlMan]

Rooting for the writers.

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[Cicada 5]

Meet the Writers Strike’s Secret Weapon: Hollywood Teamster Boss Lindsay Dougherty

“We are the hammer to their pencil”: How a woman who “gives no f--ks” is determined to unite entertainment industry labor.

www.vanityfair.com

 

[bluegate]

You may hate or dislike or not care about the writers for one of the following

Likely making more money than you
Producing stuff you don't like
Being on the coasts instead of the heartland
Not being you

But eventually, if they lose, big business will come for all of us to replace us with AI. So you better hope they win.

Color-coded the message for easy readability.

 

[Cicada 5]

Writers’ Shut-It-Down Strategy Has Been Effective, Executives Privately Concede

As the strike extends into its second month, protesters are focusing efforts on stopping in-progress productions: "We have to make sure that no writing is happening across the board."

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Cicada 5]

@4:51 for those who want a clearer idea of just how much Hollywood writers make.

 

[Cicada 5]

Hollywood is staring down the barrel of a double strike

What happens if everybody walks off the job?

www.vox.com

 

[Cicada 5]

Tonight in schadenfreude: Netflix bosses get their pay requests rejected, for once

Netflix shareholders made a rare move to reject multi-million compensation packages for its founder and CEOs,

www.avclub.com

 

[Cicada 5]

Directors Guild Avoids Strike, Makes Deal with Streamers and Studios

Much like what happened with the 2007-2008 Writers Strike, Hollywood's directors have managed to reach a deal of their own with the AMPTP.

gizmodo.com

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

 

[Gergar12]

Directors Guild Avoids Strike, Makes Deal with Streamers and Studios

Much like what happened with the 2007-2008 Writers Strike, Hollywood's directors have managed to reach a deal of their own with the AMPTP.

gizmodo.com

The fucking elitist self-centered cowards.

 

[Cicada 5]

The fucking elitist self-centered cowards.

Not quite.

The DGA was basically always going to get their demands (there’s not really a way to replace directors at this point) but they set some precedent and now the SGA and WGA can demand some of the same things with minimal pushback.

Take the “AI does not count as a person” thing for example. Now that it’s in the DGA contract, the studios can’t in good faith deny that clause in WGA or SGA contracts and it makes their position on refusing any AI restrictions much weaker.

 

[Ag3ma]

Of course, in the UK, this would mean that strike action was not legitimate, because the Tories passed a law that stated the turnout on a strike ballot must be at least 50% so the public could be protected from "undemocratic" strike action.

One might note that they have not passed a similar turnout requirement on the election of MPs and local councillors.

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

Netflix has been heavily investing in cheaper Korean media, partially to prevent this sort of strike

So, naturally...

Korean writers picket in solidarity with Writers Guild of America

Writers associations also called for fair residual compensation for domestic writers

english.hani.co.kr

 

[thebobmaster]

This is what we call "saying the quiet part out loud".

 

[Ag3ma]

Netflix has been heavily investing in cheaper Korean media, partially to prevent this sort of strike

And that's also why I'm close to ending my Netflix subscription.

Sure, they occasionally hit "Squid Game" paydirt, but mostly I think it's the shotgun technique of chucking a few hundred shows on the service and lucking out that one or two of them isn't complete junk. There's so much overwhelming quantities of crap on Netflix now (think true crime docs, mediocre films) it almost exhausts me just looking through to find something worth watching.